The Noblesville Elks Lodge, 35 S. 9th St., recently held the Elks Challenge fundraiser at Topgolf in Fishers and presented a check for $15,897 to the Noblesville Fueled for School organization.
David and Anne Riddle, with the help Anna Stuckey and other Elk volunteers, have organized and successfully raised more than $48,000 in the past four years to support the local Fueled for School organization.
Fueled for School is a non-profit organization composed of volunteers that provide nutritious meal packs of food and drinks to food insecure youth in the community. In 2021, the organization provided 350 students with meals for the entire school year. During the pandemic, while schools were closed, more than 600 children were served weekly meal boxes that included dairy, meat and produce, totaling more than 500,000 pounds.
The Noblesville Elks Lodge has also been a supporter of the Noblesville Boys and Girls Club, Feeding Team, various veterans organizations, as well as has giving $3,000 in scholarships each year to Hamilton County high school seniors. The Elks are also instrumental in donating money annually to cancer research and recently exceeded over $5.1 million in support of local community charities.